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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 03 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Holly Estella. |
| Summary |
Jefferies' novel can be seen as an early example of "post-apocalyptic fiction." After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first part of the book, "The Relapse into Barbarism", is the account by some later historian of the fall of civilization and its consequences, with a loving description of nature reclaiming England. The second part, "Wild England", is an adventure set many years later in the wild landscape and society. The book is not without its flaws, notably the abrupt and unsatisfying ending, but is redeemed by the quality of the writing, particularly the unnervingly prophetic descriptions of the post-apocalyptic city and countryside. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Jefferies, Richard, 1848-1887.
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Apocalyptic fiction.
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Fiction / Alternative History.
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English fiction -- 19th century.
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England -- Fiction.
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Literature.
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| Added Author |
Frost, Mark. HerausgeberIn. Editor.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781669307570 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1669307573 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14496794 |
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